Sentence examples for seeking passage from inspiring English sources

At a Somali checkpoint armed tribesmen demand the clan affiliations of those seeking passage.

The visitors were seeking passage to Times Square, which, according to most authorities, is located about 40 blocks north of the station.

Ms. Swayze expects to be joined Tuesday on Capitol Hill by 700 other people who are seeking passage of the bill.

[NewScientist] Northeastern lawmakers seeking passage on Tuesday of a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package in the House face roadblocks from fiscal conservatives.

The group has said and done little since its leaders came to Mexico City last year seeking passage of an Indian rights law.

Senator Frank Lautenberg, Democrat of New Jersey, has since tried to revive the high-capacity magazine law, without success, as well as seeking passage of laws that prevent the unrestrained sale of weapons at gun shows.

That's why we are leading a coalition that seeks passage of the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act.

But probably his worst relations with a president came when Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton sought passage of national health insurance.

He said he would also seek passage of a Bill that would help schools increase security by funding more metal detectors, extra counsellors and conflict resolution programmes.

In his prepared testimony, General Powell gave the impression that that the Bush administration would not seek passage of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty at all, though in his oral delivery he modified that to say they would not seek passage in the current Congressional session.

WASHINGTON — No one was more critical than Representative Mark Steven Kirk when President Obama and the Democratic majority in the Congress sought passage last year of a $787 billion spending bill intended to stimulate the economy.